

Brian Finnegan (Biology teacher at Colonia High) said, “I feel like it is a good preparation for what life after high school will be, and if you think about it now you don have to justify why you were not in school. Lastly, I feel that if it was a family member that passed that the student should take a couple of days to mourn and not have to be rushed to be back in school.”Īgreeing with Fortuna, Junior Noorein Ali added, ” It’s unfair to students who are sick beyond eight times, why should they have to risk losing credit in their class or come to school miserable just because they can’t be absent for illness.”Įven though some disagreed with new attendance policy some teachers think that it is a god idea Mr. I also feel that if someone is out for a funeral and it’s a close family friend that past and that it should be excused. Kim Fortuna, a Senior mom from Colonia High School, said, ” I feel that if you’re sick and have a doctor’s note it should be accepted for your absence. With it being a new attendance policy, it took a toll on students, parents,and some staff members. The closure of busing district that prevents a student from having transportation.Participation in observance for Veterans’ Day.


In the past years the WTSD ( Woodbridge Township School District’s) attendance policy was that students received eight unexcused absence per semester class, six per a quarter class, and two for a health. One of the things that changed that might put students in jeopardy is the attendance policy in Woodbridge Township. With the school year of 2019-2020 starting a lot has changed.
